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Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)

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A jealous piano teacher Orville Spooner sends his beautiful wife, Zelda, away for the night while he tries to sell a song to a famous nightclub singer Dino, who is stranded in town.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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Dino
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Polly the Pistol
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Orville
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Zelda
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Barney
Barbara Pepper ...
Skip Ward ...
Milkman (as James Ward)
Doro Merande ...
Mrs. Pettibone
Bobo Lewis ...
Waitress
Tom Nolan ...
Johnnie Mulligan (as Tommy Nolan)
Alice Pearce ...
Mrs. Mulligan
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Rev. Carruthers
Arlen Stuart ...
Rosalie Schultz
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Mr. Pettibone
Cliff Norton ...
Mack Gray
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Storyline

Dino, the charming and lecherous Las Vegas singer, stops for gas on his way to Hollywood in Climax, Nevada. The oily gas station attendant is Barney Millsap, a would-be lyricist who writes pop songs with Orville Spooner, the local piano teacher. By disabling Dino's car, Barney contrives a scheme to have Dino sing one of their songs on an upcoming TV special. To entertain Dino, Barney contacts the village tart, Polly, employing her to pretend to be Orville's wife, Zelda, for a night. She doesn't like Dino, but does love being Orville's surrogate wife. Dino goes to a bar, where he meets the real Zelda, and they spend the night together while Polly spends it with Orville. Written by alfiehitchie

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Release Date:

25 December 1964 (Finland)  »

Also Known As:

Beija-me, Idiota  »

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Budget:

$3,500,000 (estimated)
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(Westrex Recording System)

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2.35 : 1
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Trivia

The role of Zelda was originally written for Marilyn Monroe. See more »

Quotes

Dino: Did you hear a story about the girl and the lobster?
Orville J. Spooner: No, how's it go?
Dino: Well, this girl was sittin' in a movie house and this guy sat down next to her, and they were sittin' in the dark, and they were watchin' the picture, see? And suddenly she felt somethin' crawling up her leg and
[pinches Polly]
Dino: pinched her!
Polly the Pistol: [jumping] Ouch!
Orville J. Spooner: Go on!
Dino: Then she felt something crawling again and
[pinches Polly]
Dino: pinched her again! She said, "What is the idea, you pinching me?" And he said, "Well, it wasn't me...
[...]
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Connections

Referenced in Spin City: Kiss Me, Stupid (1997) See more »

Soundtracks

"Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor (Für Elise)"
(Pub. 1867) (uncredited)
Music by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Tom Nolan on piano
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Don't believe the critics.
30 May 1999 | by (Edinburgh, Scotland) – See all my reviews

First stumbled across late one Friday night on Tv, this is a much maligned little film. Sure, it's a little odd, perhaps confrontational given the (alleged) morality of it's era but once you get over your initial surprise that Dean Martin star of so many truly awful Jerry Lewis films made something as quirky as this, then it's well worth staying up until two in the morning like I did. Dean Martin gives a good performance as - well, Dean Martin, but the show gets stolen by the husband and wife whose marriage is busy falling apart in smalltown America when Martin turns their world topsy turvy. Wilder, it seems, cannot make bad movies and this is a refreshing twist on the now over-used "handsome stranger stuck in small town after car trouble scenario." Much better than everyone claims....


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